If you are a college-bound teen, you should be working every day to sharpen your critical thinking skills. These are the skills you will need in each of your college classes to be able to...
1) read & prepare for class
2) listen to class lectures
3) make insightful contributions to class discussions
4) complete written assignments, including response papers, research papers, and interpretations

As a former college professor, I know just where you're heading and can guide you expertly as you prepare yourself for your next step in the academic world. Come join me in this class and the others in the "Critical Thinking for Teens" series!

In each of the classes, we use a three-step method for academic inquiry:
STEP 1 = observe
STEP 2 = categorize
STEP 3 = analyze

These are the steps I coach my writing students through as they prepare to choose a paper topic, write a thesis statement, assemble their evidence, and draft their conclusions. 

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In this class, we will base our investigations on the work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000), a fascinating visual artist and thinker. His ideas about how humans should strive to live in harmony with the natural environment are more relevant today than ever. 

In this class, we will learn a little bit about Hundertwasser’s ecological notions, such as his enthusiasm for wild-growing, weedy green roofs, his battle against what he called the “tyranny of the straight line,” and his proposal that we should bury our elders under potted trees on our balconies.

We will exercise our critical thinking skills by working together to observe, categorize, and analyze motifs from Hundertwasser’s brilliantly colored, imaginatively utopian paintings.